Gaius
1
In the past 12 mos a number of things have become more expensive
According to BLS
Eggs – 39.6%
Butter – 7.8%
Boy’s apparel – 5.7%
Girl’s apparel – 4.4%
Rent – 4.9%
Owners’ guesstimate of Rent – 5.2%
Hospital services – 4.8%
Health Inurance – 7.5%
Car insurance – 16.3%
Car repair – 6%
College tuition --2.2%
Admission at sproting events – 10.3%
Anyway CNBC has recently prvided a nice chart of things that went –>down<– in price these past 12 mos. I have decided to pass it along.
who has the extra money to pay to go to a sports event?
A case of 60 eggs was as cheap as $4.50 just four short years ago.
They’re “down” from $18 to $13 right now.
Grass fed/finished ribeyes were $11.94/lb just four short years ago.
They’re up at $19.98/lb right now.
Milk is almost $5/gallon still, up from $3.30 just four short years ago.

the people paying 1000 bucks for a world series ticket.
Allan
1 Like
Gaius
6
Fortunately “Food at Home” is only 8.047% of the “relative importance” used to determine CPI.
(The weightings they use are drastically out-dated at best. We keep them around because it allows a convenient comparison between time periods.)